In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory
(50%), so the last-place candidate (Nothing - it's inevitable that they will develop weapons, so intervention would cause unnecesary pain) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory
(50%), so the last-place candidate (Offer them Iraq in exchange for nuclear abstinence) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory
(50%), so the last-place candidate (Nothing - they are developing power plants, not weapons) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory
(50%), so the last-place candidate (Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory
(50%), so the last-place candidate (Let the UN figure it out) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory
(50%), so the last-place candidate (Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory
(50%), so the last-place candidate (The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory
(50%), so the last-place candidate (Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence has enough votes to guarantee victory
(50%) and is declared a winner.In the end, 51.7%
of all cast ballots counted toward a winner.
This compares to 20.3%
if only the first-round votes were used.

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